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Tips on praying

Think on what you will pray about. Before you begin, think about what you will pray about.

What are the things in your life that trouble you? What are you thankful for? How do you want to bring God into your life? What questions do you have? These are things which you may want to pray on. Knowing what to say ahead of time will make you feel more clear and comfortable when you go to pray.

Consult with your religious or a trusted friend.

After you’ve thought about some of the things you’d like to talk to God about, consult with your priest, imam, rabbi, or a friend or family member whom you trust. Ask them what they think God might be able to help you with and what they think about your concerns and questions. They may open your eyes to questions and answers which you had never thought of.

Find a good place to pray.

Once you are ready to pray, you will need to find an appropriate place and time to pray to God. This should be a quiet place where you can devote a good amount of time and concentration to your conversation with God, to show him your devotion.

However, if you feel the need to pray quickly and in a less than ideal situation, go right ahead.

You do not need to be anywhere special for God to hear you. He will understand your distress and cares only that you love him in your heart and try to follow him.

Get any necessary or additional items.

You may want to have certain items when you pray, such as candles, a bible, the remains of a loved one, or other items which are significant to you. Have these available and respectfully placed.

Never forget the basics

Show respect. Show respect by humbling yourself before God. Dress plainly (if you can), do not show off your prayer pridefully to those nearby, and pray on your knees with head bowed (if you can).

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Read from the bible. You may want to begin by reading a passage from the Bible which has significance and meaning to you. This will open your heart to His word and show him your devotion.

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Thank God. Thank God for all of his blessings. Thank him for the things that make you happy, that make your life better, or that make the world a better place. Understand that these blessings are God showing his love for his people and should be celebrated and appreciated.

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Ash for forgiveness. Ask God’s forgiveness for the mistakes that you make. Keep your heart open and remember that we all make mistakes: nobody is perfect. Though you may have trouble admitting it or thinking of a mistake you have made, you will find some way that you can be better. Be sincere and you will know in your heart if God forgives you.

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Ask for guidance. Ask God’s guidance. He isn’t a genie or some magical granter of wishes…He is merely there to guide you on the path you are meant to follow. Ask him to lead you and show you the right decisions and the ways to better yourself as a person, as well as the world and people around you.

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Pray for others. Pray for those who you feel need prayers. You can pray for your family, for your friends, or for strangers. Ask God to show them His love and to also help them find their way when they are lost. Do not cast judgement on them or their problems: God is the only Judge and He will do what is right.

Remember that people are not the Devil or demons; they are souls, just as you are, and can be led by God. Don’t ask for them to be struck down, ask for them to realize their mistakes and seek forgiveness just as you do.

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Close your prayer. Close your prayer in whatever way you feel is appropriate. The most common way is to say ‘Amen’.

Plan to pray alone or with others.

You will want to decide if you feel it is better to pray on your own or with others. Different faiths stress different methods but you should not feel constrained by the normal conventions of your denomination. Do what you feel is right in your heart, whether that means singing your prayers in a church full of people or facing Qibla alone in a corner

For many years i was led to bel;eive that if i did not attent a church building i would be commiting a sin or i was not in line with God’s word, but after my discovery of the Lord Jesus Christ and the many miracles he has brought me true i wanted to shout out the truth and regardless of who hear it I pray that they will receive it.

From Prophetic Micklewhite

This article may give a brief explanation of how you should realy look at worshiping God.

[Note. There are many godly people who attend church, and there are many positive things about attending church. Many people have discovered and accepted Christ in a church.

This article is not putting down churches as far as a place to gather and hear the word of God, because it does not matter where one hears God’s Truth, as long as they hear it! However, this article deals with the topic of “how” we are to worship God, and addresses the belief that one must worship God in a physical building called a church. There is a difference between going to a place to hear God’s Word, and going to a place to worship God.

Dear reader, did you know that there is no command in scripture which says that a believer in Christ must attend a church building in order to worship God? This is true. Also, there are no examples of any follower of Christ going to a church building to worship God. They worshipped God by their obedience to Him in every area of life, every day of their lives. They did not worship Him by giving only one hour of their time every week to some temple made with hands.

A “Church” is basically a temple made with hands. Does God dwell in temples made with hands? Scripture tells us:

Acts 7:48, “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands;”

Often times I tell unsaved people about Jesus Christ I can only share my experience of how he saved me.

Maybe last night you went out to party or did something you thought make not cause you to be considered by God. Not so God can hear your prayer daily and act upon your request even if you have never been to a church.

Here is some facts:

it’s never too late to accept Jesus Christ or believe what Roman 10:9 says.

If you knew the next time and date of your sickness, accident, financial failure, or lost of a love one, would you wait till then to pray?

Why should accept Jesus Christ?

There are many things people don’t understand about why Jesus is important and prayer is needed.

Satan is real. He is a fallen angel (Rv 12:7ff) bent on seducing us, destroying us, and leading us to hell. Although we humans are very weak and stupid compared to Satan, we have authority over him by the power of Jesus (see Mt 10:1). In fact, Jesus has already irreversibly defeated Satan. “The strife is o’er, the battle done.” All that remains is to place Jesus’ enemies beneath His feet (Heb 10:13).

How could we ever lose a war we’ve already won? The devil’s only hope is to confuse us so much that we don’t know that he exists, that a war is going on, that he is the enemy, and that Jesus has already won. It seems impossible to convince anyone that they’ve lost after they’ve already won. But the devil is a master-liar (Jn 8:44). The following twenty questions and answers will help dispel many of his confusions by exposing them to the light of God’s truth.

1) How can you tell there is really a devil?

We know there is a devil because of God’s word and our personal experience. The principal areas of the world which do not clearly recognize the devil’s existence are Europe and the U.S.A., and only in the last two centuries has the existence of the devil been doubted, even in the Western world. This blind spot of the Western world is due to the rationalism stemming from the Enlightenment. Rationalism attempts to deify reason and subjects everything to it, even God’s revelation.

2) Aren’t people the problem and not the devil?

Although the devil cannot perpetrate his evil works without our sins opening the door, “our battle is not against human forces”; rather, it is against the tactics of the devil (Eph 6:12). Because of the devil, the evil in the world is much greater than the cumulative effects of mankind’s sins. The devil is our ultimate enemy.

3) Isn’t all this talk about the devil negative and depressing?

To the contrary, talk of spiritual warfare is not depressing but can be victorious. In our battle against the devil, we have already won through Jesus’ death and resurrection. In Jesus’ name, we can attack the gates of hell and they cannot prevail against us (Mt 16:18). The war is over; we are merely mopping up by putting Jesus’ enemies at His feet (Heb 10:13).

4) Even if you believe in the devil, how can you tell whether he’s the cause of a particular problem?

We should not assume a person needs deliverance from an evil spirit. We assume everyone needs repentance and healing. If a person has been open to God’s grace in these two areas, but has not been freed, possibly the devil needs to be dealt with. Someone with the spiritual gift of discernment of spirits would be able to confirm this (1 Cor 12:10).

5) If the devil is at work, how do you get rid of him?

If we are committed to Jesus and repentant of sin, we can simply command the devil in the name of Jesus to leave. Because we have authority over him, the devil must leave. We do not have to repeat ourselves, even if the devil delays. He must leave.

Giving a direct command to the devil is the way most demons are cast out. However, there are some demons who can be thrown out only by prayer and fasting (Mt 17:21). Our authority over Satan can also be expressed by praising the Lord, calling on the name of Jesus, “pleading the blood” of Jesus, reading aloud the Bible, or being in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The devil can’t stand these things and must leave.

6) Can everyone cast out the devil?

All Christians have authority over the devil (Mt 10:1; Mk 16:17), but there are some members of Christ’s body who have a special gift of deliverance. Also, some situations are better dealt with by a group of people who form a deliverance team. In the few situations where the devil is not only oppressing people but possessing them, only a priest appointed by the bishop can lead the deliverance team.

7) Do all priests have the spiritual gift of deliverance?

Yes, this gift is given with their ordination. But other people also have this gift. If we belong to a Christian community, its leaders may be able to discern whether we have this gift.

8) Must people harassed or obsessed by the devil desire to be delivered?

If they are Christians, they usually must want to be set free. Many people have a perverse fondness for their demons. They must renounce these demons, go to Confession, and repent — especially of the sin that opened the door to the devil’s activity. In contrast, unbelievers can often be delivered before repentance. But repentance and salvation must be accepted shortly after the deliverance or something worse will happen to the person (see Lk 11:26; Jn 5:14).

9) Can you do anything for people who are not willing to repent and not willing to accept Jesus as Savior, Lord, and God?

Most of the time, we can bind the devil temporarily to minimize his destructive works (Mt 16:19). But eventually the person must open up to the Lord’s will.

10) Does Satan have influence only on individuals?

No, just as there are guardian angels not only for individuals but also for cities, countries, and churches, so there are “guardian devils” for cities, countries, etc (Dn 10:13). We likewise have authority over these more influential demons to demolish their strongholds, sophistries, and proud pretensions (2 Cor 10:4-5).

11) Some people claim holy water drives out the devil. Is that true or superstitious?

We can use holy water to deliver people from the devil. Holy water is a tangible expression of our faith. Crucifixes, the name of Jesus, the St. Michael prayer, and various blessings (for example, the St. Blase blessing) are simple, traditional ways of exercising our authority over the devil by faith in Jesus as Lord.

12) Aren’t some people paranoid about the devil?

A few people do give the devil too much attention, but most people in our secular humanistic culture naively and carelessly expose themselves to demonic influences. Horoscopes, fortune telling, palm reading, tarot cards, ouija boards, transcendental meditation, mind-control, yoga, the new age movement, Dungeons and Dragons, some rock music, and even Jungian psychology can be doorways for the devil to enter lives. The devil has a myriad ways to deceive every kind of person. The devil makes sure these things often seem harmless so that he can mislead us. Even things which have no direct connection with the occult are open doors for the devil. The use of hypnosis, alcohol, and drugs leaves a person’s mind unguarded; the devil, being a robber (see Jn 10:10), takes advantage of this condition. Therefore, “stay sober and alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, solid in your faith” (1 Pt 5:8-9).

13) Isn’t there only a very small minority involved in demonic activities?

Few people directly worship the devil. Most people, however, worship themselves and the figments of their imagination. Eventually, the devil takes the worship of self and turns it into worship of him. The Lord says: “What am I saying — that meat offered to an idol is really offered to that idol, or that an idol is a reality? No, I mean that the Gentiles sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons” (1 Cor 10:19-20).

14) Some fanatical Christians think Halloween is demonic, but isn’t it only an amusement for kids?

Halloween can be the way the devil enters a life. Music and movies which deal with Satan or the occult are also extremely dangerous. The devil is a fallen angel of advanced intelligence who rages against human beings (Rv 12:12). He is vicious, and is no one to play games with.

15) Can we lose our authority over the devil?

If we are not under the authority of Jesus, we are not in authority over the devil. But as long as we are totally committed to Jesus as our Lord and Savior, repentant, and forgiven of our sins, we are in authority over the evil one.

16) How long does it usually take to deal with the devil?

We can quickly crush Satan under our feet (Rm 16:20), because we have Jesus’ authority when we command the devil to leave. We should ignore any conniptions the devil may be perpetrating to make us doubt our authority in Jesus (see Mk 9:20). Although we can deal with the devil instantaneously, we need to take time, even a long time, to work with those delivered from the evil one, to lead them to repentance, salvation, life in the Spirit, and healing. Too often we lengthen deliverance and shorten the follow-up, when we should do just the reverse.

17) Don’t you need to identify the demon before casting him out?

Sometimes, but this is often not necessary. We have authority over demons whether or not we know their names.

18) Most demonic activity seems to have sexual connotations. Is there a connection?

Yes, sexual temptation is one of the first battles against the evil one (Eph 6:14). If we lose this battle, we are on the road to defeat, until we repent. In particular, unnatural sexual relations — such as homosexual relations and oral sex — are open doors for the devil. He revels in the unnatural (see Jude 7). Also, a long-term exposure to pornography often opens a person to the demonic realm.

19) When I look at the world, Satan seems to be more influential than God. Are you sure Jesus has already conquered him?

Yes, “despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it” (Rm 5:20). The Lord is on the offensive, and Satan is playing defense. The Holy Spirit is renewing the face of the earth, working especially in family life and the world’s young people. Satan is intensely active in these areas because the Lord has chosen them as key movements in the present unfolding of His plan of salvation.

20) What if I feel overwhelmed by all this talk of Satanic bondage and sexual perversions?

Fix your eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:2). “God protects the one begotten by Him, and so the evil one cannot touch him” (1 Jn 5:18

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